Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The game of dice.
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Examples
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Minor incidents, like dice-play and love-making, give interest to the remaining space, and keep up the revel.
The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal Various
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A third man stared from where he had been looking down upon the dice-play of the other two.
Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail James Oliver Curwood 1903
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The laws of the world have become mere dice-play; the bonds of nature are burst asunder; the
The Robbers Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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The laws of the world have become mere dice-play; the bonds of nature are burst asunder; the
The Works of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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"Sakuni said, -- 'The son of Kunti is very fond of dice-play although he doth not know how to play.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Sabha Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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"Sakuni said, -- 'The son of Kunti is very fond of dice-play although he doth not know how to play.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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